Easter Sunday 1923

The photo on this page is my mother and her brother with their mother, and their maternal grandparents. I'm fairly sure it was taken on Easter Sunday in 1923. Easter was early that year and it was quite cool in New York. I used the September Scraps of Elegance (Nostalgia) and was inspired by Suepup's sketch that came with the kit and a page by my good friend Chez. Thanks to both of them for the inspiration.

Although, everything has been fixed, making this page was a creative disaster. After I had most of my elements secured to the page, I accidentally got blue chalk on the background page with the lovely blue cornflowers. I tried to make it a part of the design and added more blue chalk - bad idea! I only had one page with the blue cornflowers, so I ended up taking the whole page apart - bling and all - fussy cutting the blue cornflowers and adhering them and all the other elements to this page - it was not a fun creative experience and I'm sorry to say that I uttered a few choice words while re-creating my page ~

Comments (73)

Wow what a fabulous job you did on this layout! You know we all experience these frustrations while being creative, but with such a disaster and all the hard work to take it apart.. and Yes I know all about that, it really turned out just beautiful!

There are no disasters in scrapbooking, just creative accidents. I'm sorry that creating this beautiful page was not as beautiful as the page turned out. I think you have done a marvelous job - the details and the photo are just beautiful. Well done.

Straight to my favs!! I'm not sure what it would have looked like had you not had the chalk disaster but in the end it turned out amazing!! It's a fabulous photo of course and I have to tell you that I know your family better than my own. LOL!

This is absolutely gorgeous! I love the soft colors, flowers and photo! I think we have all messed up a layout at some point! I know I have had a few choice words more than once while recreating a layout!!!

I feel with you! Been there, done it. Usually, I mess up on the glue or the liquid pearls hence why I rarely use these two items.
The layout is PERFECT. Going straight into my faves. Just love the design of it, together with the amazing photo, it really stands out

oh my oh my just so amazing, adorable, unforgettable and ever so so impressive, a page of utter elegance and so so luv all the wonderful details adding such enhancement to the wonderul foto, the butterflies are divine..problems, where , lol fave and more

OMGosh!! Alice, this is pure EXQUISITENESS!! Love the gorgeous flower clusters, butterflies and punch work; fabulous pearls and gems...beautiful doily! The photo is delightful...3 generations...how wonderful! One would never look at this elegant page and imagine you any sort of problems!!

Wow, this is a beautiful layout in blue, beautifully designed and elegantly embellished!! And what a wonderful photograph too! LOL, a few choice words???, I am very familiar with that experience!! A stunning recovery!!!

This is so lovely, and I understand what a bad feeling you had after the chalk incident! The photo is so beautiful and everything fits so perfect!! Just a question: how do you know it was eatern then and it was urly that year. Did your mother tell you or was it written on the picture?

well the end result is just beautiful, so perhaps it turned out for the best! you have some wonderful heritage/vintage photos in your possession. love all the details & the colours are just beautiful and are perfect for the photo

OH MY ...this is so very beautiful!! You have recreated your "disaster" exceptionally well!! Your fussy cutting looks lovely as does your pretty flower cluster!! I always find that if I only have one piece of paper that I am determined to use, no matter what, I will have a disaster :) Love your photo!!